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(NCTSN) Trauma Types: Disasters
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) provides resources to help children, families, and communities recover from natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, …
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Teen Prep Kit: Wellness and Resilience
This video describes how teens feel worried about climate change and disasters, but emphasizes that they are not alone. Small actions by many people can …
Teen Prep Kit: Disaster Risk Reduction
This video explains how teens can learn about disaster risks and prepare for them. It describes a heatwave affecting a city, causing power outages and …
Teen Prep Kit: Disaster Risk Reduction Activities
This toolkit is a free resource created by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center and the American Red Cross to help teens prepare for emergencies. It …
Talking to Children About Disasters
2021
· Healthy Children
This webpage addresses children and trauma to improve disaster preparedness and response capabilities. This parent-focused article includes links and recommendations on how to support children …
Safe Spaces: Creating a Culture to Support Infant Feeding in Shelters
2019
· Natural Hazards Center
This article explains how to support infant feeding in shelters during disasters. It describes the challenges mothers face, like stress and lack of supplies, which …
Safe Rooms for Tornadoes and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and Residential Safe Rooms
This document provides guidance for building safe rooms to protect people during tornadoes and hurricanes. It describes the design, construction, and operation of these safe …
PrepTalks: Children and Disasters -- Reducing Vulnerability and Building Capacity
This video focuses on how disasters affect children and ways to help them. It describes the story of Cierra, a child who survived Hurricane Katrina, …
Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and Other Special Needs
2004
· American Red Cross
This booklet is about preparing for disasters if you have disabilities or special needs. It describes the importance of having a plan, creating a support …
Planning for an Emergency: Strategies for Identifying and Engaging At-Risk Groups. A Guidance Document for Emergency Managers
This document is a guide for emergency managers on how to identify and help at-risk groups during emergencies. It describes strategies to find people who …